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You can get a reasonably long barrel life as long as you use it properlyI dont ever shoot more than a couple at a time. It's a 30 Nosler so it's not exactly a great time to do big groups with anyway.
You can get a reasonably long barrel life as long as you use it properlyI dont ever shoot more than a couple at a time. It's a 30 Nosler so it's not exactly a great time to do big groups with anyway.
Yes, as Kirby explained the various +p/bore ryder type throats will allow one to increase velocity and are "nicer" to softer jacketed vld bullets as they engrave the bullet more gradually.I'm a bit confused...... Doing a +p on my gun lowers barrel life?
That is not entirely true. With the +p or my Hybrid throat, yes shorter barrel life. A True bore rider throat design does not have to be anything other then a conventional 1-30-00 leade angle but with no throat length at all.Yes, as Kirby explained the various +p/bore ryder type throats will allow one to increase velocity and are "nicer" to softer jacketed vld bullets as they engrave the bullet more gradually.
The downside is they will have a shorter barrel life because the shallower lands at the throat will burn out quicker then a standard throat due to being shorter thus they contain less steel.
The more powder being burned the quicker it will occur.
Impossible to really predict. I can tell you in my testing, my 7mm Allen Magnum for example, with standard throat i was using around 102-103 grains of RL33 which produced around 3345 fps with a 180 gr berger out of my 26" long test barrel. on average with my standard throat we would see 800-1000 rounds of useful long range big game hunting accuracy life if cared for properly and used properly.Ok just for talking purposes if my barrel life was 3000 rounds, off the top of your head what would it be now with the +p saying that I'm going to load around 3 more grains. Not holding anybody to anything just asking for knowledge. Thanks.
I'll send you the last 7rum barrel I knocked out... It's sitting under my rifle bench. I was going to make a tomato stake out of it this year but forgot. It didn't even take 1,000 rounds to take the rifling to zero depth for the first couple of inches. I have a hard enough time getting a throat to last. I'm not really liking the idea of taking metal out of the throat for possibly 100 fps.Almost everyone on here is pushing there equipment as much as possible. I have never met a single person that shot out a barrel , I sure havent .